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Identification of an internal combustion engine model by nonlinear multi-input multi-output system identification. Ph.D. Thesis

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:237306

This thesis presents the application of advanced modeling techniques to construct nonlinear forward and inverse models of internal combustion engines for the detection and isolation of incipient faults. The NARMAX (Nonlinear Auto-Regressive Moving Average modeling with eXogenous inputs) technique of system identification proposed by Leontaritis and Billings was used to derive the nonlinear model of a internal combustion engine, over operating conditions corresponding to the I/M240 cycle. The I/M240 cycle is a standard proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to measure tailpipe emissions in inspection and maintenance programs and consists of a driving schedule developed for the purpose of testing compliance with federal vehicle emission standards for carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides. The experimental work for model identification and validation was performed on a 3.0 liter V6 engine installed in an engine test cell at the Center for Automotive Research at The Ohio State University. In this thesis, different types of model structures were proposed to obtain multi-input multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear NARX models. A modification of the algorithm proposed by He and Asada was used to estimate the robust orders of the derived MIMO nonlinear models. A methodology for the analysis of inverse NARX model was developed. Two methods were proposed to derive the inverse NARX model: (1) inversion from the forward NARX model; and (2) direct identification of inverse model from the output-input data set. In this thesis, invertibility, minimum-phase characteristic of zero dynamics, and stability analysis of NARX forward model are also discussed. Stability in the sense of Lyapunov is also investigated to check the stability of the identified forward and inverse models. This application of inverse problem leads to the estimation of unknown inputs and to actuator fault diagnosis.

Research Organization:
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
OSTI ID:
237306
Report Number(s):
N--96-22705; NIPS--96-08298
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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